The old man has been sending over stuff he’s found in my dear departed Aunt’s papers. Amongst the nuggets was a postcard we’d sent her just after we’d moved to London. There is nothing interesting in what we wrote, tho the card is interesting in itself being a picture of The Prince and (then) Princess … More More blasts from the past.
In the UK a villain has been apprehended for his heinous crime. He has been fined $500 and his criminal record will stay with him for years to come. This depraved lawbreaker overfilled his wheelie bin by a massive 8 centimetres. How disgusting!! Even though his bins are only emptied once every two weeks I … More More insanity in the UK
Yet again my back is killing me and yesterday and I was reduced to walking with a stick for the first time! I didn’t even do that while the toe was broken. In fact if this keeps up I’ll be going to the docs and ask him to sign a form for me to get … More Back again!
Been raining again. I commented to my eldest daughter just yesterday that it’s probably rained more over the past few months than at any other time in her entire life. It has hardly stopped in 6 months! Good for the dams yes… but can get on the nerves a bit. One way it ‘irritates’ is … More Never rains…
You might remember a few weeks back me rambling on about a mouse the cat had brought in and released. The cat caught it once more, but after being scolded by the visitors it released the mouse to roam free again in the house… seemingly with a charmed life as from then on neither we … More The loose moose!
Again this year the local RSL (i.e. the Returned Services League… equivalent to the British Legion) had their parade in honour of Anzac Day. Again the parade included large numbers of people from ‘support’ organisations and again one of those was the local Girl Guide troop. As usual our two girls marched, and as usual … More ANZAC Day Parade.
Had to ask the family yesterday because I had *no* idea where we’d been and what we’d done. Seems the youngest went skating (that much I knew) then to a party at a bowling alley whilst we went shopping for ‘stuff’ of some sort. I’ve been a bit woolly headed because I’ve been trying to … More Another day lost!
The father kindly sent me this to remind me what a chubby little thing I used to be… and of course remained! 🙂 There stands I with my little French beret at a jaunty angle with my camel hair coat buttoned up against the cold. Shoes polished, socks crumpled, looking like butter wouldn’t melt in … More The Author as a Young Dog
Today was a bit of a ‘curates egg all in all. For those unaware of what the hell I’m talking about, it’s a reference to an old joke about a Curate who was lodging with someone whose culinary skills were notable by their absence… i.e. she couldn’t cook. The Curate, being a pious sort of … More The Curate's Egg
Monday 14th April was the day the family sat down and accidentally tuned in to Australian Story on the ABC. I say ‘accidentally’ because we had in fact watched the program the week before when they interviewed Bob Irwin Senior. This time we sat and watched as the program related the story of beautiful 24 … More Jessica Horton (nee Disteldorf)
